Wiltok left Boss Bottom's reception room and walked through the corridor on the third floor of the hotel. His footsteps echoed in the corridor. The doors on both sides opened one after another. The residents inside appeared at the door and stuck their heads out to watch the people passing by.
Wiltok, but they all maintained restraint, and no one talked to him.
When he reached the corner of the stairs, Wiltok saw a middle-aged man dressed as an adventurer. He crossed his arms and leaned against the guardrail of the stairs. His hair was the usual brown color and his eyes were gray-blue. Although his appearance was unremarkable, his appearance was unremarkable.
His tall and straight figure and clean and tidy clothes give him a gentle and elegant temperament, which makes him look obviously different from those adventurers with bad living habits.
When Wiltok approached the stairs, he straightened his clothes and said politely: "Hello, Mr. Wiltok. I am Rhodes, the leader of the Iron Cross Adventure Group. I hope to have the opportunity to serve you.
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Will stopped, glanced at the other person, smiled, nodded and said, "Thank you, Mr. Rhodes, you are a good man."
Um...I'm a good person?
The leader of the Iron Cross Adventure Group was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to continue with the words he had prepared in advance. He reorganized his words and was about to speak when the loud voice of the hotel owner came from the end of the corridor: "Vell, I want to tell you,
You are safe in Braun Town."
Bottom's figure appeared in the corridor outside the reception room door. Wiltok turned back, glanced at him curiously, and walked straight down the stairs.
Rhodes from the Iron Cross Adventure Group met the solemn gaze of Bottom the Red Lion, and looked at him for less than a second. He looked away to show his intention to give in, then nodded with a smile, and turned around to walk to his room.
Wiltok didn't take this episode seriously. He returned to the hotel's big kitchen and had missed the time to have dinner with the kitchen servants, but the fat cook Sarah left a sumptuous meal for him.
Dishes.
Others do not have this kind of treatment. If they miss a meal, they will probably go hungry. Because the kitchen servants can enjoy the leftover dishes of the guests, they often pack up the uneaten food and take it home, leaving basically nothing left.
of.
Vertok is an exception. He has a separate table, separate food, and never eats the leftovers left by the guests. The cook Sarah will withhold some dishes from the guests before serving them as Vertok's food. Each table
Some of the guests' dishes were deducted, and together, the quantity and variety of food were quite objective, enough for Weir to eat for a day, and it didn't cost a copper pagoda.
However, the hotel owner added the food to Wiltok's bill, so the hotel clerk and servants were not dissatisfied with the preferential treatment he enjoyed.
At this time, all the kitchen servants had gone home from work. Sarah lit two oil lamps and placed them on the table to illuminate the dishes on the table. The staple food tonight was a jar of mud melon jam, a kind of vegetable that grows underground.
For plant tubers, local people peel and cut the mud melon into pieces, add a little salt, boil it and mash it into a puree with special equipment, add seasonings, stir evenly and then eat it.
The taste of today's mud melon sauce is a bit astringent. Wiltok's first reaction was that there was too little tomato juice used for seasoning. But he was not so picky about the taste of food before, maybe because of the golden light in the conscious world.
It gave back 4 points of spiritual attributes, making his sense of taste more sensitive and his tongue able to distinguish subtle differences in taste.
What was strange to Wiltok was that he knew exactly how much tomato juice to add, so that the texture of the potato would be just right.
With a thought in his mind, he picked up a piece of pine otter meat that was roasted until brown, took a bite, and tasted it carefully.
The pine otter is a kind of livestock that looks like a mouse. It is about the same size as an ordinary domestic dog, and its fur is as smooth as satin. The townspeople of Braun Town generally raise pine otters, take their fur, and then sell the meat to adventurers.
Home.
The taste of pine otter meat is okay, tender and juicy, but it has an unpleasant fishy smell. The kitchen maid marinates the pine otter meat first, and then sprinkles highly pungent spices to cover up the meat when grilling.
Fishy smell. This cooking method causes the burnt spices to stick to the surface of the meat, making the barbecue taste mushy and bitter.
Wiltok closed his eyes slightly and chewed the roast meat in his mouth carefully, neither looking nor listening. All his energy was concentrated on the sense of taste and smell. He was in a state of concentration, entering his own world of consciousness and seeing the high-speed rotating golden light.
When the information captured by the taste buds poured into the golden light group, he received feedback from the golden light group, and he instantly mastered six recipes and skills for cooking pine otter meat.
The information fed back to Vertok by the golden light group did not appear out of thin air. Just like when he shelled beans continuously, his eyes, hands, and brain were fully exercised. This is the basis for the talent of dexterous hands. Vertok's three meals a day are all in
The kitchen of the adventurer's house is very familiar with the ingredients, spices, and condiments here. It's just that he didn't realize it before, but his taste, smell, hearing, vision, and touch have already recorded it. The golden light group, or should it be called
"Knowledge Puzzle" organizes the above information according to Wiltok's wishes, and may also add the original knowledge and skills of "Knowledge Puzzle" about cooking to combine six methods of cooking pine otter meat.
After understanding the steps to unlock the "Knowledge Puzzle", Wiltok was in a particularly good mood and couldn't help laughing. However, in Marcy's eyes, he was distracted and giggled while eating, and then asked worriedly:
"Will, Will...are you okay?"
Looking up and seeing the concern on the fat cook's face, Wiltok said: "Sarah, Boss Bottom said that I owe him a lot of money. If I don't have the money to pay him back by then, something bad will happen."
Sarah hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Child, don't be afraid...that money-grubbing old man is trying to scare you. I'm here, so don't worry."
The person Wiltok is most familiar with and trusts most at present is Sarah. He said: "I am not worried anymore, but I think Boss Bottom is right. If the White Horn Adventure Group doesn't send someone to pick me up, I will
I should go find them. But please ask the adventure group to help me get the money."
Sarah consoled her: "We will figure out a way about the money later. You have to finish the food on the table now and go to rest early."
"Well." Wiltok picked up his fork and concentrated on enjoying the sumptuous dinner. When the food on the table was cleared, he wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve and asked Sarah: "Do you think I should find one?"
Working?"
While clearing the table, Sarah said: "Why not do something that is beneficial to you? I also think that doing a job will definitely help you... Well, you should find a job. But at work
Before it can bring you income, you have to master the skills of the job. Before you learn the skills, you should go to rest... Little guy, go to the bathroom to clean yourself up now, then go back to bed and have a good sleep.
Go quickly!"
As she said, you should do what is beneficial to you. Wiltok went to wash up obediently and then returned to his bedroom.
It was a stairwell next to the kitchen. The space was narrow, with only a bed and a cabinet, and no other furniture. At the beginning, the cramped environment and simple furnishings gave Wiltok a simple sense of security.
, this is a space he can rule. However, since the mental attribute has been raised to 10 points, the perception of spatial distance has greatly increased, and he is no longer dizzy when distinguishing rich colors and sounds. This bedroom is very important to Wiltok now.
, it seems less comfortable.
The biggest advantage of the stairwell is that it is completely free. It will definitely cost money to change to a larger room. Wiltok does not know the specific price of the hotel room yet, but I am afraid it will not be cheap, and besides the debts he owes, he has
There isn't even a copper tower.
Wiltok lay on his back on the bed, with his eyes open, and could vaguely see the outline of the stairs going up and down in the darkness. He thought to himself that by learning skills, finding a job, getting information feedback from the "knowledge puzzle", and earning more money by the way.
For a little money, there are definitely benefits to doing this.
You should do things that are beneficial to you...
The next day, Wiltok successfully found a job in the kitchen of the Adventurer's House - peeling mud melons.
Sarah, the cook, brought over a large basket of mud melons, threw a wood chip knife to Wiltok, and said to him with a smile: "Your job is to peel mud melons, and you will get twenty wages for a copper tower."
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A kitchen maid nearby joked: "You can get a copper tower by peeling 20 mud melons. Why don't we get such high wages?"
Boss Bottom would not pay anyone for such a simple task as peeling potatoes. Sarah must have paid for it out of her own pocket to make Little Will happy. The maids laughed and joked a bit, and then they were busy in the kitchen. Now it’s
During the peak season of the hotel business, the kitchen has to provide food for hundreds of people, and the work of the kitchen helpers is still very heavy. Small things like peeling melon peels cannot relieve their workload.
Sarah taught Wiltok a few points about peeling mud melons, and then went about her own work, leaving him to deal with a large pile of mud melons alone.
Weir held the wood chip knife in his left hand and a mud melon in his right hand, and began to try to peel it. At first, his movements were very clumsy. The mud melon in his hand was about the same size as his head, and it was very heavy, while the wood chip knife was thin and light.
, it was a bit blunt for peeling the melon, but the edge of the wooden blade would not cut his palm. Weir's right hand wanted to hold the mud melon firmly, and his left hand holding the wooden knife followed suit. In this way, the knife cut down, and the uneven surface of the mud was
The melon is missing a large piece of meat even with its skin.
The most terrible thing was that the weight of the mud melon was completely pressed on Weir's arm. As time went by, bursts of soreness came from his arm, and his right hand began to tremble. Weir had no choice but to put one end of the melon on the chopping board.
, the right hand only plays a supporting role.
Feeling much better now, Wiltok held the wood chip knife and carefully peeled the mud melon skin. The thin edge of the wood chip scraped the brown-green rough skin of the mud melon, and every tiny tremor was transmitted to Wiltok through his slender fingers.
Deep in his mind. Gradually, the wood chip knife seemed to be connected with his flesh and blood, becoming an extension of his fingers. This touch was so wonderful that he couldn't help but immerse himself in it, concentrating on feeling everything from his fingertips to his skin, from his skin to his tendons.
Every subtle change from tendons to muscles, from muscles to joints.
This change spread all the way to the elbow joint, as if it had encountered a barrier and could no longer move forward. Wiltok tried to control this change brought about by touch. He pushed his arm forward, turned his wrist slightly, and the wood chip knife
Slide down the surface of the mud melon and peel off a thin layer of skin, revealing the light brown flesh.
After peeling four large mud melons in succession, Wiltok's knife movements became more and more proficient, full of flowing rhythm. He could clean a mud melon with only five or six cuts, and it took less than 4 times before and after.
Second.
In about one meal, a whole frame of mud melon had been peeled off by Will. He held the wood chip knife, sighed, and asked with lingering meaning: "Is there any more?"
I don’t know since when, the cook Sarah and a group of helpers looked at him blankly, with a ghost expression on their faces. When Sarah heard Weir’s question, she dropped the half-cut meat and bones,
He walked over, picked up a thin piece of melon rind, and asked in disbelief: "Vell, you used to specialize in peeling melon rinds?"
"I can't remember, maybe it was shaved?" Weir answered uncertainly with a confused expression on his face.
Which of the kitchen maids in the Adventurer's House doesn't peel mud melons every day? Even if they peel them every day for more than ten years, they still can't do it to this extent. In fact, kitchen maids need to use mud melons to peel them.
Peel as much as you need. A full frame of soil melons is almost enough for the kitchen in a day. Sarah originally thought that Will would not be able to peel them all even if he spent half a day. Who knew that he could peel a large basket of soil melons in just a short time by himself?
The melon is finished.
Sarah was silent for a moment, shook her head and said: "Well, my Will is a capable young man, your work is over today..."
Weir felt a little regretful. In the process of peeling the melon, he activated the talent of "dexterous hands" and controlled his hands in a fine way. It is no exaggeration to say that he can now skillfully operate any tool with his hands, no matter which tool he uses.
Each tool is more dexterous than those who have practiced for a long time, but it only reaches the part below the elbow.
Intuition told Weir that if this "dexterity" could reach the whole body, he would enter a magical realm. Unfortunately, it was obviously impossible for him to achieve this wonderful effect by peeling melons.
Weir feels that the most important obstacle actually comes from the lack of mental attributes. Currently, 10 points of mental attributes are only enough to unlock the hands. If you want your whole body to be transparent, you need a higher upper limit of mental attributes. To increase the upper limit of mental attributes, physical fitness, and perception
, the three basic attributes of life must first reach the current upper limit.
Just like the Adventurer's House Hotel, the upper limit of mental attributes is like the ceiling on the first floor, and the physical, perception and life attributes are like the walls and floors on the first floor. Only by laying the foundation and building the walls first can we build on the ceiling on the first floor.
Second floor.
Wiltok's current mental attributes are 10 points, the upper limit of corresponding physical and sensory attributes are 12 points, and the upper limit of corresponding life attributes is 15 points. His current physical, sensory and life attributes have not reached the upper limit, and the mental attributes are impossible.
promote.
Continuing to improve his physique, perception and life attributes is what Wiltok wants to do most now. The method is actually simple. It is nothing more than eating well, sleeping well, and concentrating on practicing skills. He has just peeled a large basket of soil melons, and he clearly feels that
Perception has improved.
Unfortunately, peeling melons has no effect on him. In this case, he should try to practice other skills.
Wiltok said to the fat cook seriously: "Sarah, I want to cook, is that okay?"
"Do you want to learn cooking from me?" Sarah looked into Wiltok's eyes and asked.
"No, I want to cook for you." Wiltok shook his head, not paying attention to the strange look from the fat cook, and added: "I remembered the cooking methods of a few dishes, and I am going to try them myself."
Sarah stretched out her big hand, touched the top of Will's head, nodded and said: "Okay, I also want to see what you can cook... We agreed first that you won't get paid for cooking.
If it’s not good, you’ll have to pay for it. But if you cook something that satisfies the customers, I’ll ask the front office guy to give you half of the rewards the customers give you.”